EP 1102480 A2 20010523 - A method for locating a program by searching in a program guide according to search criteria
Title (en)
A method for locating a program by searching in a program guide according to search criteria
Title (de)
Verfahren zur Lokalisierung einer Sendung durch suchen in einem Programmführer nach Suchkriterien
Title (fr)
Procédé permettant de repérer un programme en cherchant dans un guide de programmes selon les critères de recherche
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 96117991 A 19961109
- US 688995 P 19951117
- US 57444095 A 19951215
Abstract (en)
In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. The invention relates that descriptive text accompanies the program listing, and the apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria. The invention relates that the search is made by using a concatenated search criteria comprising at least two separate search criterion. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04N 5/445 (2006.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 7/173 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0774868 A1 19970521; EP 0774868 B1 20020828; EP 0774868 B2 20050330; DE 69623238 D1 20021002; DE 69623238 T2 20030430; DE 69634642 D1 20050525; DE 69634642 T2 20060302; EP 1102480 A2 20010523; EP 1102480 A3 20020306; EP 1102480 B1 20050420; EP 1126700 A2 20010822; EP 1126700 A3 20060816
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96117991 A 19961109; DE 69623238 T 19961109; DE 69634642 T 19961109; EP 01101582 A 19961109; EP 01101589 A 19961109